Anyone who has played both the original Zorks and Zork:Grand Inquisitor will know that a decent game can transfer well into either IF or Graphical Adventure. I particularly loved in Z:GI how death would be presented in the old IF style.
IF is an oppertunity to allow a maker's individual style, atmosphere and charm to come to the surface. It certainly is more difficult than graphics to implement effectivly - drawing a fellow is a lot more difficult than depicting him using flowing prose, especially if your going for a particular effect. But it establishes a connection with the player that is very difficult to pull off with graphics.
(Starship Titanic, anyone? Despite the illogical puzzles, it was an excellent and very innovative game. The parsar for communicating with the robots was utterly mindblowing in terms of what could be understood.)
At some point, I really want to do a text adventure that implements graphics and music. I heard of a template in progress that would combine a parser with an LEC style interface, is that still kicking around?
Besides, the FREEDOM a parser gives you...
>Push Yoda Man down bottomless pit
You feel a moral sense of guilt at inflicting a rather cruel punishment on a fellow forumite, simply because he happens to share a conflicting opinion.
As you watch him plummet and fade from view, it swiftly passes.
See? Jus' kidding Chief, tis all good.
IF is an oppertunity to allow a maker's individual style, atmosphere and charm to come to the surface. It certainly is more difficult than graphics to implement effectivly - drawing a fellow is a lot more difficult than depicting him using flowing prose, especially if your going for a particular effect. But it establishes a connection with the player that is very difficult to pull off with graphics.
(Starship Titanic, anyone? Despite the illogical puzzles, it was an excellent and very innovative game. The parsar for communicating with the robots was utterly mindblowing in terms of what could be understood.)
At some point, I really want to do a text adventure that implements graphics and music. I heard of a template in progress that would combine a parser with an LEC style interface, is that still kicking around?
Besides, the FREEDOM a parser gives you...
>Push Yoda Man down bottomless pit
You feel a moral sense of guilt at inflicting a rather cruel punishment on a fellow forumite, simply because he happens to share a conflicting opinion.
As you watch him plummet and fade from view, it swiftly passes.
See? Jus' kidding Chief, tis all good.
